Cigarette holder



Nov. 9 1926.

H. B. WRIGHT CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed July 10, 1925 i W .W N H 103 ejecting the cigarettes one at a time from the specifically mentioned will Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF 1,606,553 F l-C E I HARRY B. WRIGHT, i013 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PERRY L. WRIGFIT, 0? LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed July 10,

This invention relates to an improved cigarette holder and seeks, among other objects, to provide a device of this character which may be attached to a desk, table, or to the instrument board of an automobile, for instance, for keeping a supply of cigarettes conveniently accessible. I

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device embodying means for holder, and wherein only one hand of the operator will be required to actuate said ejecting means so that even though one hand is employed in driving the vehicle, a cigarette may, nevertheless, --be obtained with the other hand.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a device which will be sim le in construction and which may be rea ily reloaded.

Other objects of the invention not above appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings":-

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the holder attached to the, instrument'board of a conventional motor vehicle, a portion of the casing being broken away to show the mounting of the ejecting plunger. a

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on the hue 22 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the. arrows.

Fi ure,3 is a vertical sectional view on the 1 nc 3'3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In carrying the mvention into efiect, I employ a flat oblongcasing which is preferably of sheet metal and 1s provided with a front wall 10 and parallel side walls 11, the casing being open at its ends as well as back thereof. As shown' in Figure 2, the side walls 11 are bent to form longitudinal channels 12, and fixed to said side walls are brackets 13 adapted to receive screws or other fastening devices mounting the holder.

In the present instance, I have shown the holder attached to the instrument board 14 of a conventional motor vehicle and, as will be observed, said holder is located near one end of the instrument board so as to be readily accessible to the driver of the vehicle.

Slidable' through the side walls 11 near the lower end of the casing is aplun er in cluding an ejector rod 15 which is 0 set 'to v form a shoulder 16 to abut the adjacent side 1925. Serial No. 42,839.

wall 11 of the casing, and fixed to the adto define flanges 21 slidably fitting in'the I channels 12 of the casing. Thus, the carrier may be readily slid into the casing or removed therefrom, and formed on the carrier at its upper end is an end flange 22 overhanging the front wall 10 of the casing to engage therewith for limiting the carrier in its downward movement into the casing. The overhanging margin of this flange may 3.180116 readily grasped for sliding the carrier upwardly out of the casing. At its lower end, the carrier is provided with a flange 23 which lies close to the ejector rod 15 near the lever of the lower end of the shoulder 16, and, as shown in Figure 1, said flange is cut away at one end to accommodate the travel of said shoulder when the rod is reciprocated. Formed in the adjacent side wall of the casing at the opposite end of said flange is a delivery opening 24.

In use, the carrier 20 is lifted upwardly from within the casing and asupply of cigarettes, as shown at 25, is laid one upon the other within the carrier. The carrier is then returned to its normal position when,

as will be seen, the cigarette at the lower end of the carrier is disposed in front of the shoulder 16.,of ejector rod 15 opposite the delivery opening 24 of the casing. Accordingly, by pressing on the knob 17, the rod maybe pushed forwardly, when said shoulder will'Tpartially eject the cigarette through said opening. The projecting end of the clgarette may then be readily grasped and the cigarette entirely removed and, as each cigarette is removed, the next adjacent cigarette will, of course, drop down to rest on the flapige 23 of the carrier ready to be ejected.

' aving,.thus described the invention, what I claim is: r

1. A cigarette holder, comprising a front wall'having opposite longitudinal edge por- I tions bent laterally in the same direction to form side walls, and having the marginal portions of the side walls bent outwardly and retrorsely to provide channels and a back having its longitudinal edge portions offset to provide flanges which are slidable in the said channels. and having the portion comprised between the channels disposed betwleen the side walls and inset from the channe s.

2. In a cigarette holder, the combination of a casing comprising a front, a back and side walls, the latter having openings, a rod having an end portion oifset to provide a shoulder which constitutes a stop and an ejector, the end beyond the shoulder passing through the opening in the adjacent side wall, and the opposite end being retrorsely bent and passing through openings in the 3. In a cigarette holder, comprising a casing having openings in its side walls, a carrier slidable within the casing and having an inner flange at its lower end, and having an end portion of the flange cut away, a rod slidable in the openings of the side walls, and having an end' portion retrorsely bent, and having the opposite end portion oflset to provide a stop and cigarette ejecting shoulder, and a spring mounted upon the re trorsely bent end of the rod and operating to normally hold the rod retracted.

, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' HARRY B. WRIGHT. [14. 8.] 

